by Norma Thatcher | Sep 23, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
My Aunt Winona says that my parents chose her as my baptismal sponsor and my mother let her choose my name. Lynne Elizabeth is the name she came up with, Elizabeth being my paternal grandmother’s first name. At my baptism when the minister asked, “What name is given...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 19, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
“Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” –Gertrude Stein But what is a “Norma”? I never liked my name until I was in my mid 30s and learned the compelling back story that began with my grandmother. More on that later. The origin of Norma from Latin means standard....
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 12, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
Some people will say the story is based on a string of lovely coincidences. Others might say it’s proof there’s a little magic left in the world. Personally, this strengthens my belief that the Holy Spirit works in ways we cannot begin to understand. This Thursday,...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 9, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
From the time my daughter was old enough to know the concept of the word friend until the age of twelve, she was best friends with the daughter of my best friend. The only obstacle to this four-way friendship was that our families lived two hundred miles apart. When...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 29, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking, Words
Now don’t get upset; you know I’m not THAT kind of a writer. But my guess is that as soon as you read the phrase F word in this post’s title, some of your minds went there. And that’s the word I’m using to typify just the BAD descriptive. It is, after all, a...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 26, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Leadership, Thought provoking
One of the commands my dog Riley knows and understands (and obeys 73.8% of the time) is this: WAIT. At this word he is (in a perfect world) to stop in his tracks and not move until I release him by saying OK. The art of waiting usually has a negative or anxious, even...
